Author: Vedran Ostojic

The regional qualifiers for the EPICENTER: Moscow 2017 are under way for the Chinese region. However, with Invictus Gaming being one of the best Dota 2 teams from that region, many were unsure whether or not Invictus Gaming will have to go through the qualifiers to secure their spot at the EPICENTER: Moscow 2017. Looking at this issue from this perspective, it was a touch and go for Invictus Gaming, but in the end, EPICENTER decided that they will be […]

Team Vitality has not been in the focus when it comes to League of Legends eSports scene as they were preparing for the EU LCS Summer Split. During that time, they were creating a plan how to perform at the EU LCS Summer Split as best as possible. For several weeks there were no news about the team, but it seems that the waiting period has ended as Team Vitality has announced that Jakob ‘YamatoCanon’ Mebdi will be stepping in […]

Last year’s EPICENTER Dota 2 tournament proved to be one of the most interesting tournaments of the entire season. According to some commentators and analysts, EPICENTER 2016 has outdone some of the Major tournaments as well. Because of that, the expectations for this year’s tournament are extremely high. So far, organizers have not revealed many details about the tournament, but they have revealed the names of two teams that received the invites for the main event. The first that received […]

The eSports organization that was known for the name Denial eSports will no longer exist. This it was revealed a couple of days ago. However, the players will be sticking together, and they will continue to play together as a team, competing under the new name, Yikes. Over the last two years, since Overwatch has been present in eSports, Denial eSports did not have a lot of amazing results. Hence, we couldn’t characterize this organization as a successful one, at […]

Hearthstone has been one of the most popular eSports competitions in the last couple of years. However, in the last couple of months, many have stated that the popularity of Hearthstone is declining and from the outside, it seemed that the demand for Hearthstone tournaments was diminishing as the months go by. However, that might only be the case with certain individual tournaments because the popularity of Hearthstone has never been higher and the numbers are showing exactly that. A […]

eSports have been growing exponentially over the last few years and the industry is already worth $1.2 billion per year, with over 200 million active participants. However, this is nowhere near the tip of the iceberg, as there is clearly lots of space for further expansion in every sense, from bringing in new players and fans, to keeping the existing ones tied to their screens enjoying their favorite eSports longer. Australian Football League (AFL) is just the latest of the […]

The overwhelming worldwide success of multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games has led developers and other companies to host worldwide tournaments that attract a lot of attention not only from the gaming community, but also regular “mortals” that simply want to know more about this rising phenomenon. So it does not surprise that there are always large prize pools for each significant tournament, especially the most established, like the DotA 2 Major Championship and The International, with winner prizes reaching […]

Virtus.pro managed to secure the top spots in the group stage together with Team Secret. Playing and winning three matches in the group stage, Virtus.pro made a statement to all other teams that they are back in good form and that they will be going for the title at the Kiev Major. The final match of the Day 1 of the Kiev Major Main Event was the match between Virtus.pro and Invictus Gaming Vitality and the series between these two […]

After the matches of the Group Red finished last week, matches from Group Blue will be next to be played. If Group Red is an indication of what we can expect from this Global Pro League, then it will be a very interesting season and the differences between teams will be very small and placements in the groups might be the closest that we have seen in a long time. The Group Blue will be very interesting, and with this […]

One of the biggest Dota 2 tournaments this year has started on April 24th, and after only two days of the competition, we already have two teams that have secured their spots in the Kiev Major Playoffs. Those two teams are Team Secret and Virtus.pro. Both of these teams managed to displayed amazing performance in the first three round of the group stage of this tournament and eventually that lead them to secure their spots in the playoffs very early. […]